Continuity Insights 2011 Management Conference


Date: Monday, April 11, 2011 - Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Location:

Description: The complete conference program for the Continuity Insights Management Conference is NOW AVAILABLE! Click above to view the entire agenda, educational sessions, networking events, and post-conference workshop offerings. Mark your calendar to join us as the event moves to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta for 2011.

 
Key to Conference Designations

A    Case Study                                                   
B    Crisis Management
C    Emerging Issues                                           
D    Measuring Program Effectiveness
E    Program Development and Methodology
F    Professional Development
G    Public/Private                                               
H    Enterprise Risk Management
P    Plenary
 
MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011
 
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.                             Plenary Session
 
P1    What You Need to Know About DHS and FEMA
Brian Scott, DHS
Dan Stoneking, FEMA
 
 
9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.                           Breakout Sessions
 
A1     Planning for Protests: Toronto and the G20
Suzanne Bernier, Toronto Hydro-Electric System
 
C1     The Thirty-first Scenario
Courtenay Enright, Symantec
  
C2     The NNEMP Threat: Your Data at Risk!
W. Martin Myers, Bank of America
  
D1     Taking Recovery Exercises Beyond the Norm
Beverly Schulz, CapitalOne
 
E1    Change Management and BCP: Keeping Plans Relevant
Kevin Hall, Global AlertLink

E2     Validating Plans Using Failure Point Exercise Methodology
Geary Sikich, Logical Management Systems
 
John Jackson, Fusion Risk Management
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.                         Breakout Sessions
 
A2     Leveraging Operational Management for Business Continuity
Lorne Cass, Delta Air Lines 
 
B1     Crisis Management: A Utility Perspective
Michele L. Guido and Diane S. Harris, Southern Company
C3     What Is Cloud Cataloging?
Ed Tosh, Booz Allen Hamilton
 
D2     Business Continuity Metrics
Dan Newton, Microsoft
 
E3     Why Business Continuity Doesn't Work
Stuart Winn, ITG
 
F1     Five Skills You Need and Five Ways to Get Better at Them
Scot Phelps, Emergency Management Academy
 
G1     Community Collaboration
Keith Nohe, AT&T, and   Patrick Flynn, AGL Resources
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B2     Mock Disaster Exercise
Sponsored by Mail-Gard (this is a four-hour exercise)
 
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.                             Breakout Sessions
 
A3     Reality TV Meets BCP
Tom Serio, Verizon Wireless
 
C4     BCP in a Down Economy
Ted Brown, KETCHConsulting
 
D3     Measuring Service Continuity
David White, CERT Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University
 
E4     Incident Management and Organizational Resiliency
Chris Glebus, NEDRIX
 
H2     Transform Yourself into an IT Risk Manager
Richard Cocchiara, IBM
2:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.                             Breakout Sessions
 
A4     Incident Management in a Global Company
Jaime McLain, Cisco Systems
 
B3     Incorporating Business Continuity Management and Vendor Management
Margaret Millett, eBay
 
C5     Supply Chain Resilience and PS-Prep
William G. Raisch, International Center for Enterprise Preparedness, New York University
 
E5     Trench Warfare
Michael Keating, Doulos Business Consulting
 
H3     Risk Assessment: Finding Your Experts
Steven Ross, Risk Masters, Inc.
 
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.                             Breakout Sessions
 
C6     Virtualization, The Cloud, and Operational Excellence
Frank Leonetti, Oracle
 
C7     The Essential Tools to Building a Premier Business Continuity Program
John Linse, EMC
 
D4     Developing a World Class BC Assessment Program
Donald Byrne, North River Solutions
 
E6     Organizational Structure Can Mitigate Risk and Build Resiliency
Lynnda Nelson, ICOR
 
H4     Can We Finally Get Rid of the Six-page List of Risks?
Jayne Howe, The Howe Partnership
 
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.                             Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
 
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011
 
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.                             Plenary Session
 
P2     The Business Implications of Terrorism
Mark Giuliano, Assistant Director, Counterterrorism, FBI
 
8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.                             Plenary Session
 
Thomas J. Elliott, Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, Strategic Workforce Solutions, ETS
 
9:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.                           Breakout Sessions
 
A5     Designing Enterprise Disaster Recovery at Northrop Grumman
Frank Ioli, Northrop Grumman Information Technology, and Eric Beck, Risk Masters
 
B4     Workplace Violence: Understanding and Defusing the Violent Mind
Bruce T. Blythe, Crisis Management International
 
C8     The Technology Side of Business Continuity for Healthcare Organizations
Kathy Lee Patterson, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and
Bill Rider, Johns Hopkins Hospital & University
 
D5     Conducting an Effective Tabletop Exercise
Scott Strohecker, Members 1st Federal Credit Union, and Stephen Myers, Paradigm Solutions International
 
E7     Achieving and Maintaining Executive Interest, Support, and Funding           
Mike Lattanzi, Georgia-Pacific
 
F2     What I Learned About Myself during the Disaster
Robert Roberts, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
 
G2     Public-Private Partnerships that Fill Gaps and Enhance Services
David Wardell, Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
 
11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.                           Exhibits Open
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.                   Vendor Presentations
1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.                             Vendor Presentations
 
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.                             Breakout Sessions
 
A6     Tabletop Exercises - How We Did It!
Chris Rohrs, TSYS
 
A7     An In-House Solution for an Alternate Site
Nancy Tate, UPS
 
C9     Challenging the Norms in a Difficult and Changing World
Clyde Berger, Imagine Continuity Enterprises
 
C10   Are You Ready When Things Go Wrong?  
Scott Ream, Virtual Corporation
 
D6     Preparing a Multi-Day/Multi-Function Test
Marlene Rupp and Brian Calabrese, Wellington Management Company
 
E8     Leverage Relationships and Advance Availability Risk Management
Cole Emerson
 
G3     How to Get Along with Us: Public/Private Sector Cooperation
Panelists:
Dan Hahn, Santa Rosa County
David Wardell, Atlanta Downtown Improvement District
Dylan Sorensen, GEMA
Moderator: Scot Phelps, Emergency Management Academy
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.                             Breakout Sessions
 
A8     Leveraging Continuity Strategies to Insurance Savings
Dave King, Horst Insurance 
 
C11   Transformation of Continuity through Technology
Heather Blanchard, CrisisCommons
 
C12   Supply Chain and Business Continuity: Critical Paths Converge
Michael W. Janko, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, and Alan Berman, DRI International
 
D7     What You Need to Know About Management Systems
Robert Giffin, Avalution Consulting
 
E9     Years of Advice in One Hour or Less
Panelists:
Beverly Schulz, CapitalOne
Scott Hall, Equifax
Christine White, Home Depot
Steve McClesky, Regions Bank
 
E10   Single Points of Failure: What and How?
Mark Carroll, Boston University
 
6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.                             CNN Center Reception
 
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
 
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.                             Vendor Presentations
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.                        Vendor Presentations
 
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.                         Breakout Sessions
 
A10   A Tornado Strikes Georgia-Pacific
Herb Dowdy, Georgia-Pacific
 
B5     The Home Depot’s Role in Disaster Response
Jeff Partin, The Home Depot
 
C13   Taking Resiliency into the Cloud
Dennis Wenk, EMC Consulting
 
E11   Continuity from the Eye of the Storm
Mike McKenna, TEAM Solutions
 
E12   Selecting and Implementing Business Continuity Software
Aaron Callaway, Fairchild Consulting

F3     How to Make More Money in BC
Cheyene Haase, BC Management
 
Len Pagano, Safe America Foundation
 
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.                           Exhibits Open
 
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.                             Breakout Sessions
 
A11   The Power of Communications Continuity
Emily Rawlings, SCANA Corporation/South Carolina Electric & Gas
 
C14   The Cyber Threat: No Boundaries
Barry Cardoza, Bay Area Response Coalition
 
D8     Benchmarking BCM: Perceived Capabilities vs. Reality
Robert Emmel, Accenture
 
E13   Challenges of Facility Support Services
Rosalind Harris, County of Ventura
 
E14   Aligning Your BC Program With Standards
Ann Pickren, Firestorm
 
E15   A Grand Tour of Expedia’s Business Resiliency Program
Howard Mannella, Expedia
 
F4     Why Are We Invisible?
Patrice Stein, Continuity First
 
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.                             Plenary Session
 
P4     Business Continuity at UPS
Chris Summerrow, UPS

CONFERENCE ADJOURNS
 
Post-Conference Courses
Wednesday, April 13, 2010 to Friday, April 15, 2010
 
DRI International
Post-Conference Course and Qualifying Examination
BCP-501: Business Continuity Planning Review
Wednesday, April 13, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Exam: April 15, 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
 
Six Core BCM Competencies in BCI’s Good Practice Guidelines
Thursday and Friday, April 14-15, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Exam – Saturday, April 16, 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
Presented by the Business Continuity Institute
 
How to Conduct Powerful Exercises... Every Time
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.
Presented by The Center for Continuity Leadership
 
Comprehensive BIA Process – Methodology
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presented by ContinuityLink
 
CMC 2050 - Crisis Communications Planner
Thursday, April 14, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, April 15, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presented by ICOR
 


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